We’re an odd bird.

Every outlier company is pre-determined by the focus and intensity of their first 10 people, in the first ~800 days.

The trough of sorrow is a brutal quagmire of uncertainty, loneliness, crumbling convictions and painful resets. The only edge is to insulate from noise and lock-in. Brickyard is for doing that alongside other top-tier teams who came here to push really, really hard.

• We are not an accelerator. We’re a venture firm with a private facility for our portcos to build in. There is no demo day, programming, or even standing meetings.

• We invest $300-$500k in 10-12 technical teams/year at pre-seed and seed (usually $750k-$1.5m rounds).

• The buy-in: move here and go heads down until a minimum of $1m in run rate.

• Average stay is 24 months, but there is no official cutoff.

• ~20 teams build here at a time, at no cost for those who get in.

• Everyone travels for work but Brickyard is not part time.

• We have nothing to do w/ economic development + zero expectation to HQ here.

• Our founders run this place. Brickyard partners are just useful accessories.

• We don’t make sense for everyone, and that’s ok.

Please read through our FAQs. If it feels right, submit your deck. We’ll reach out if we’re interested in what you’re building.